The Philippine National Police (PNP) calls on professionals to join the PNP Officer Corps as Police Commissioned Officers.

According to a statement posted in PNP’s website, around 75 vacancies are currently opened.

According to PNP spokesman, Senior Superintendent Generoso R. Cerbo Jr, the PNP Directorate for Personnel and Records Management (DPRM) is conducting another round of Lateral Entry screening process to fill authorized vacancies for technical service officers in the National Support Units this year.

Successful applicants will be appointed to the initial rank of Police Inspector with monthly basic salary of P32,341. Medical doctors, lawyers, and chaplains will be appointed to the initial rank of Police Senior Inspector with monthly basic salary of P35,312, Cerbo added.

He explained, there are a total of 98 vacant slots for technical service officers in the PNP National Support Units. Around 23 applicants are presently undergoing the Lateral Entry process, thus, 75 more vacancies are needed to be filled to complete the PNP requirement for technical service officers.

Vacancies available are four lawyers in the PNP Legal Service, nine officers in the Communication and Electronics Service, 12 medico-legal officers and 20 forensics and chemical officers in the PNP crime laboratory, two pilots in the Special Action Force, one chaplain officer in the chaplain service, and 12 medical officers and 15 nurses in the PNP Health Service.

Applicants are required to undergo the mandatory Written Competitive Examination (WCE) and the Physical/Medical/Dental Examinations (PMDE), Cerbo said.

To broaden the pool of applicants, the Lateral Entry Program has allowed qualified personnel from other PNP Units to apply for the vacancies even if the available slots are for other PNP units, Cerbo explained.

“We want to have as much qualified applicants as possible, in order to have wider range of selection, because we want to get only the best and most qualified officers for the job,” the spokesman added. (PNP-PIO/RJB/LFB-PIA NCR)